And here's where this adventure begins!

Chapter 2: Great Idea for Vacation

At the training hall, Musaki began to spar with Tigress, which is something he was dreading but was able to get it over with while Arizona begins to spar with Po, in which Musaki got in the training hall first and that he's gonna spar with Po for a week. Tigress glanced at Musaki like she was ready to throw down while Musaki plays it cool, showing no fear at all.

"You scared?" asked Tigress, in a menacing tone.

All Musaki could do is just reply, "Eh."

That response immediately set her off and swung at his face, but Musaki grabbed her fist, spun her around and threw her against the wall as hard as he could, which made Tigress pissed and she lets out a ferocious roar directly to his face and to her surprise, Musaki isn't really affected by it and he asked, "Meh..."

Musaki tripped her leg, which caused her to fall down and she got abck up and sparred with him nonstop until his fear starts to sink in, which obviously did not happen and Musaki fought back with every chance he could get, even showing his new technique to her; grab her by two wrists, spin her in rapid-speed, throw her in the air and then jump up and bash her head down with his head. Musaki rubbed his head to avoid getting a concussion but it was definitely worth showing off this new trick.

Tigress groans heavily as she stood up with her head pounding after that bashing concussion and she looked up at Musaki and she growled at him and couldn't believe that she would lose out to him again.

Meanwhile, in the courtyard, Po began sparring with Arizona and they got more quick and aggressive than ever as Po punches, kicks and spins around Arizona with his fists while Arizona took Po down very quickly with his newfound backflip and kick moves where he does a backflip, stands on two hands and when Po got closer to him, they were met by Arizona's feet, thus kicking him in the face and then stands on his legs again and triple-punches him down.

Po could not believe how much stronger he's gotten since his time in the Jade Palace over a year ago and then, he runs over to Arizona and slams him down with his belly, causing the young wolf to roll over on the ground, but even that didn't stop him from being determined to take him down again as he punches him straight in the gut and kicks him in the head.

Arizona panted heavily as a little sweat drips down on his spiky mohawk and he went over to Po and said, "Looks like I got enough strength to take down Musaki."

"I wouldn't be too sure of that."

Arizona looked up and he saw Musaki standing on the stairs outside on the courtyard and he lets out a smirk and he said, "All right. Let's have it out. This time, I know I'm gonna beat ya!"

"That's if you don't land on your butt...again." Musaki added.

Back at the training hall

Musaki and Arizona stared at each other in the faces and Arizona felt like redemption is very near in his face as he's about to bring Musaki down and prove himself that he's gained a lot more strength in over a year. Musaki also stared at him and he figured that he'll be easy to take down and just as Shifu snapped his fingers, Musaki immediately charged at Arizona and for some reason, Arizona grabbed his arm and flipped him over and under him and threw him across the wall.

The rest of the masters gasped in surprise to see that Arizona quickly took out Musaki because they never expected him to be taken down unless it's someone else. Musaki gets himself up and continues to keep going, bringing out every move he could get, but Arizona's fighting skills overshadowed Musaki's skills as he backflipped, kicked, punched and aimed at Musaki in every chance he could get.

Arizona used that same tactic he used on Po to put it to use on Musaki and he excelled it very well, which adds to Musaki's surprise and the master's shock and amazement. Both of them continued to spar with each other until Shifu stopped for a minute and that's when both of them looked at each other again, panting heavily.

Shifu came over to both of them and he was totally torn because they both have amazing fighting skills and he was also shocked that Arizona has gained a lot more strength than ever and he looks over at Musaki first and said, "Excellent form, Musaki."

Then, Shifu turned to Arizona for a minute and the young wolf was ready to take the criticism based on his moves, assuming he might've screwed up a little...but Shifu told him, "But Arizona...your moves are astounding! I can tell you've gained a lot in your year of living with us."

That made Arizona really happy to hear that he's finally got what he received; a victory win because he's been beaten by Musaki since he first stepped in, so it was really great for him to have that break. He bowed to Shifu and said, "Thanks, master."

Musaki walks over to him and shook his hand and said, "Congrats, man. Guess I got my own butt being taken down by a wolf."

Arizona chuckled at that comment and said, "All these 12 months of living here has changed me for the better."

"And you're not 18 yet."

Arizona rolled his eyes at that and said, "Not for 2 months anyway."

A few hours later, Musaki catches Arizona sitting in the Peach Tree, not only contemplating on his first victory of beating Musaki, but also thinking about spending a little time with Max again. Arizona turns around and sees Musaki behind him and as he sat down next to him, Musaki asked, "What's on ya mind?"

Arizona lets out an exhale and said, "Plenty. What I really need is a little vacation from all of this. But most importantly to spend that with my best buddy."

Musaki automatically knew what Arizona was saying when the term 'best buddy' came out and that person he mentioned was Max. He looks up at him and said, "Since you guys met last year, you've been like best friends."

"Oh, yeah. We're tight. It's kinda cool for a tiger like him to see a wolf like me as his brother. But sometimes, I have worries about will I ever be a good brother to him, like what if I screw up?" Arizona added.

Musaki puts his hand on Arizona's shoulder and said, "Hey, every brother relationships has its ups and downs, but I know you're a good wolf brother to my cuz."

Arizona nodded his head in agreement with that and lets out a heavy sigh and said, "I just wish we can spend some time together."

Musaki suddenly had an idea come out of his head and he said, "How about a little boat trip? Just me, you and Max just sailing through the ocean, get away from it all?"

Arizona widened his eyes on that idea and had always wondered what a huge ocean would look like and he said, "Great idea. I've always wanted to see the ocean."

"Yeah. That'd be awesome! That way, you and Max can like hang out together and just look a the big blue ocean." Musaki said, happily.

"I'm convinced. Besides, both of us need a vacation from kung-fu." Arizona added, ending with a laugh.

"I don't blame ya, dude."

And how does the masters respond to that? You'll get your answer in the next chapter!